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As he was waiting with family and staff to board a flight back to Austin on Tuesday night after two days promoting Texas in New York City, Gov. Greg Abbott was approached by another passenger who shook his hand and then loudly and profanely expressed his unhappiness with the...

The settlement reached between New York City and the estate of Eric Garner prompted emotional responses Tuesday, with Mr. Garner’s family saying they would continue to work for changes in the criminal-justice system and the leader of one police union saying his members were “...

An antiabortion group on Tuesday released an undercover video of an official at Planned Parenthood discussing in graphic detail how to abort a fetus to preserve its organs for medical research — as well as the costs associated with sharing that tissue with scientists. Over lunch...

A court battle between a divorced couple over the future of their frozen embryos began Monday with an attorney for the former husband accusing the woman of using the dispute to get money. Dr. Mimi Lee, 46, a pianist and part-time anesthesiologist, married Stephen Findley, a...

Irving police have arrested the woman whose three children died last month after swimming at an apartment pool. Patricia Denise Allen, 30, is charged with one count of injury to a child, a second-degree felony. Allen was released Saturday morning on bond, police said. Police...

After tortuous talks that spanned 20 months, negotiators have reached a landmark deal aimed at reining in Iran's nuclear program. The agreement, a focal point of U.S. President Barack Obama's foreign policy, appears set to reshape relations between Iran and the West, with its...

The Marine officer who made female recruits better shots at boot camp has been relieved of her command, igniting controversy. Military Times reports that Lt. Col. Kate Germano served only a year as the head of the 4th Recruit Training Battalion on Parris Island, S.C., before her...

A $5 million settlement won’t satisfy the heartbroken family of Eric Garner. A source familiar with ongoing negotiations between Controller Scott Stringer and the family of the Staten Island man killed by an NYPD cop say that his widow, Esaw Garner, turned down the hefty offer...

An East Dallas woman is outraged after she claims one U.S. Census worker showed up at her door for a housing survey and would not take “no” for an answer . Sonia Platz said the worker went as far as to camp out in her yard as she waited for Platz to change her mind. “She’s...